On the 74th anniversary of the United States imposing nuclear devastation on Hiroshima, Japan, Pax Christi USA launched its Back from the Brink: The Call to Prevent Nuclear War Campaign.  We believe that the massive death, damage, years of suffering, and pure adulteration of humanity and creation caused by nuclear weapons should never happen again. Therefore, the goal of this campaign is to get your local government (state, city, town, or county) to adopt publicly a "Back from the Brink: The Call to Prevent Nuclear War" resolution. Places around the country are already doing this. Phase one of the campaign will be August 6, 2019 through August 9, 2020, and we invite all PCUSA regions, local groups, and individuals to participate. The campaign, modeled on the larger United States Back from the Brink initiative, is endorsed by numerous faith, civic, and peace groups.

The Jeffrey Epstein saga goes on even though convicted pedophile Epstein himself has been found hanged in his jail cell in Manhattan. One has to wonder how he managed to kill himself, if that is indeed the case, as he was reportedly on suicide watch at the prison and it is to be presumed that he had been stripped of any clothing or accoutrements that would have been usable to that end. So, he is dead but did he do it himself or was he helped? There are many prominent individuals and powerful government agencies that will be very pleased that he is gone as most of his secrets will have gone to the grave with him.

Sunday, August 11, 4pm
Scioto Greenway just below the Broad Street Bridge (near the corner of Broad and Civic Center Drive)
Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the month of Av on the Jewish calendar, is a day of communal mourning. This year it begins at sundown on Saturday, Aug. 10 and ends at sundown on Sunday, Aug. 11. A day of mourning on the Jewish calendar, Tisha B’Av commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples of Jerusalem and the generations of forced migration of the ancient Israelite people. The day is traditionally observed by fasting and reading from the Book of Lamentations in Hebrew scripture.

Jews around the United States are holding #CloseTheCamps vigils on Tisha B’Av to draw attention to the striking similarity between the plight of our refugee ancestors and the contemporary cries of those whose tragedy is right before our eyes in America - the myriad immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees who are being treated inhumanely by the Trump administration.

So, Jeff Epstein “committed suicide” while on suicide watch in prison. This was widely predicted, since Epstein, in part to gratify himself, was running one of the world’s most notorious “honey traps.” if you were rich or powerful and liked underage girls, Epstein was your guy. Now that Epstein’s gone, the likes of Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew and other former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson can breathe easier.

If the public is lucky, a slew of civil suits will come forward and provide more revelations. But we can expect the majority of these to settle quietly with non-disclosure statements, thus allowing pedophiles of the world to continue to unite in their quest for illegal sex.

Epstein was also the intelligence community’s guy. As journalist Vicky Ward pointed out in “Jeffrey Epstein’s Sick Story Played Out For Years in Plain Sight,” Alexander Acosta, the former U.S. attorney who went light on Epstein in a 2017 deal, became the Secretary of Labor under Trump. Reportedly he told the people vetting him in the Trump administration: “I was told Epstein belonged to intelligence and to leave it alone.”

Friday, August 9, 2019, 8:00 – 9:00 PM. 
Miriam will be preparing vegetarian pupusas for all who attend the event! You don't want to miss! Please join us at sunset for an evening of music, refreshments, and the premiere of a documentary on Miriam's story.  The goal of this event is to widen the circle of solidarity surrounding Miriam and her family, as part of continuing the work begun by Rubén Castilla Herrera.  Weather permitting, the event will take place on the church lawn. In the event of rain, the event will be moved inside to the Fellowship Hall. There is no cost to attend this event.  Location:  First English Lutheran Church, 1015 E. Main St., Columbus 43205.  Faceook.